The effect of seizures on working memory and executive functioning performance

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Black, Leah Chapman ^a   Schefft, Bruce K ^a,b   Howe, Steven R ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a,b   Yeh, Hwa shain ^b,c   Privitera, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher cognition; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure; Seizure load; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOGENIC NONEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77649333841     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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